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Kennesaw resident urges parks and association to help identify dog after child bitten at youth baseball game
Summary
Holly LaCour told the council her 4‑year‑old son was bitten at a Kennesaw Baseball Association game on Oct. 4; she said Parks & Rec directed her to the association and that the association initially offered to provide contact information but later declined, leaving her unable to file an animal‑control report.
A Pridger Park resident told the council she has been unable to file an animal‑control report after a dog bit her young son at a youth baseball game on city property.
Holly LaCour described attending an Oct. 4 Kennesaw Baseball Association event when her "4 year old son was bit in the face by a dog" she said was with the opposing team. LaCour said park entrances display signs that prohibit dogs and that she has only been a Kennesaw Baseball member for two seasons but has repeatedly observed dogs at games.
LaCour said she contacted the city nonemergency line and the Kennesaw Baseball Association but received limited assistance because she lacks the dog owner’s contact information. She told the council the association’s president, Joseph, initially apologized and indicated he would provide information to identify the family, but later the association told her it would not help. She said animal control will not send an officer to speak with her unless she can identify the owner and asked the city to press the association to provide details so she can file a formal report.
"I just I feel like that's not something that's very responsible on anybody's part," LaCour said. "All I wanna do is file a report with animal control." The mayor and council closed public comment after LaCour’s remarks; staff did not announce a council or staff directive on the record in the transcript.
